Schools Bill [HL] — Report (1st Day) — Amendment 58 — 12 Jul 2022 at 19:45
Moved by Lord Storey
58: After Clause 39, insert the following new Clause-“Provision of free school lunches to all pupils in households in receipt of universal credit(1) In section 512ZB of the Education Act 1996 (provision of free school lunches and milk)-(a) in subsection (4)(a)(ai), omit “in such circumstances as may be prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph”;(b) in subsection (4)(b)(ai), omit “in such circumstances as may be prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph”.(2) In the Free School Lunches and Milk, and School and Early Years Finance (Amendments Relating to Universal Credit) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/148), omit regulations 2 to 4.(3) The Secretary of State must ensure that funding to maintained schools and Academies is sufficient to provide school lunches free of charge to pupils in receipt of, or whose parents are in receipt of, universal credit.”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment extends the provision of free school meals to all children whose parents are in receipt of universal credit, and places a duty on the Secretary of State to ensure that sufficient funding is available to schools to provide this.
Ayes 51, Noes 108.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
Bishop | 0 | 1 | 4.0% |
Con | 101 (+2 tell) | 0 | 38.6% |
Crossbench | 3 | 1 | 2.2% |
DUP | 0 | 1 | 20.0% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
Lab | 0 | 3 | 1.7% |
LDem | 0 | 42 (+2 tell) | 52.4% |
Non-affiliated | 2 | 0 | 3.6% |
Total: | 106 | 49 | 20.1% |
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